Vonnie: Good Morning.....Just seeing your name on this posting reminded me that you have been a great help to me in my effort to find the family of my ggrandfather, James Forrester Parrett/ott of Overton/Putnam counties inTN. I want to let you know that last year, as a birthday present, my brother did the Parrett/ott DNA test for me in the hopes of discovering this information. Well, shock, shock! His dna did not match a single Parrrett or Parrott, no matter how it was spelled, but did match 36/37 to Rev. John Wesley DOSS....Is it any wonder that I have found nothing!? I'm supposing his mother was a Parrett/ott but who knows. He never knew who his parents were or where he was born so I have absolutely nothing to work with. The administrator of the Doss dna site has worked with me and he has determined that John WesleyDoss does not match the many Doss dna tests either and believes he is an "opps" too. I have reached the conclusion that half the people in the united states probably don't have any idea who they REALLY are. The "poor man's pleasure" was rampant and the wagon trains were running up and down the hills and "hollers" so often, I guess you just picked a name you liked and went on to Texas! What a hoot! If you find any stray Dosses, think of me. For 84 yrs. I've thought I was a Parrett but it just goes to show that "Things ain't what they used to be".......Just thought you might find this interesting. Doris Parrett Williford </HTML>